Saturday evening we were invited over to dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Fukumi’s place across the street from our house. Since we moved into the neighborhood some of the neighbors have been throwing “home parties”, which consists of inviting other families over for a dinner hosted at your house. This is a custom that is exceedingly rare in Japan, as most people would have the party at a restaurant somewhere. <\/p>\n
This has led to some great parties. We have hosted a couple at our house, the Yamaji’s down the road have hosted a couple, and this time it was the Fukumi’s that had a chance to throw one. Unfortunately the Yamaji’s couldn’t make it due to his work schedule, so we partied with just the four of us plus Sayaka’s sister. It was the first time to meet her, and she was friendly and talkative. <\/p>\n
The Fukumi’s went all out on dinner – salad, cheese, appetizers, roasted beef ribs and seafood paella. It was so good – we ate and drank and talked about the neighborhood. There were some interesting stories but nothing sordid. I guess that is just the right amount for us. One of the highlights was some bread that they had bought from a friend who is starting a business. This bread was multi-grain and had a lot of flavor, and it went well with the cheese and olive oil. I’m going to try to find out where their source is and get some for us sometime.<\/p>\n
We were having such a good time that when Kuniko whispered that we should probably head home I was surprised that the time had flown by so quickly. Luckily it is an easy walk back to our house – one of the best things about having a party in your own neighborhood. <\/p>\n
Sunday we spent the morning lounging around. Kuniko did some packing for her trip to Canada (departing on Friday) and I reread some parts of my favorite books and listened to music. We drove out to Futami for dinner at Sushiro, a 100 yen conveyor belt sushi place that had some pretty good dishes. After 16 plates of sushi we headed over to Ito Yokado for some shopping and then home for a bath and bed. <\/p>\n
As I mentioned at the end of the week Kuniko is taking off for Canada, so I’m starting to think about what I’ll do with a week or so to myself. No plans yet, but I’m sure something will come up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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